Dictate User Guide

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Dictate
User Guide

Teachers easily create and give dictation.
Students take dictation on their handhelds and receive instant feedback.

Teacher Mode
Download and install
Dictate from
www.schau.com/s/dictate

Dictate has two modes:
Student and Teacher. Tap
Teacher.

When you first start using
Dictate, you must enter
sentences. Tap Sentences.

Enter a sentence. You may
assign the sentence a
category. Tap OK.

Enter as many sentences as
you like. Notice the category in
the upper-right corner. Tap
Groups when you are done
entering sentences.

Tap New to enter a new
sentence.

Tap New and give a name to
your group. Tap OK.

Sentences are stored in categories and can be shared among Groups.
Groups are the sentences used for a dictation exercise.

Teacher Mode (continued)

Your new group now appears
in the Group List. Tap the
name of the group to add
available sentences.

Tap the + button to add an
available sentence.

Tap a sentence to add to the
group. Note the sentence
category in the bottom-right
corner.

Tap the icon next to a name in the
Group List to Beam the group to a
student or to Delete that group.

Add More Sentences

Continue adding available sentences by
tapping +. Change the order of the
sentences by tapping a sentence and
tapping the up or down arrows. Remove
a sentence from the group by tapping a
sentence at then tapping –.
After you have finished creating your
group, tap Beam to send the group to a
student handheld. The receiving
handheld must already have Dictate
installed.
After beaming to all necessary
handhelds, tap Begin to start the
dictation exercise.

Tap the Groups button to return to the
Group List. From there, you can tap
Sentences to input more sentences.
These sentences will be available and
can be added to any group.

Import & Export Groups of Sentences
Want to import sentences from the Memos
application? When in the Sentences screen
select Import from the menu. Then choose a
Memos category to import from and a Dictate
category to import to. Note: All sentences from
the Memos category you select are imported. In
the same way, you can export sentences from
Dictate to Memos.

Student Mode
Beam the Dictate
application to the student
handheld.

Dictate has two modes:
Student and Teacher. Tap
Student.

After submitting the last
sentence, tap View Score.

After receiving a beamed
Group from a handheld in
Teacher mode, the Group will
appear in the Group List. Tap
the title of the Group to begin a
dictation exercise.

To review each sentence, tap
View Answers. To return to the
Group List, tap Groups. To save
your score and to export a report
to Memos, tap Save.

Wait for the teacher to say
Sentence #1 aloud. Enter the
sentence. Tap Submit.

Check the box to export to
Memos. You can then print the
memo or beam the memo to
your teacher.

Stopping the Dictation
To end a dictation exercise
without completing all
sentences, tap the menu and
choose Abort from the
Actions menu.
Learn about educational
handheld computing at
learninginhand.com

Tap the icon next to a name in the
Group List to Beam the group to
another student or to Delete that group.

Change Modes
You can switch between Student and Teacher modes
using the Actions menu on the Group List screen.
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